THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART FOUR

I hope that you will now begin to look at the Ten Commandments in a new light. If you will only follow them they will change you beyond all recognition, for if you did but realise it the Ten Commandments are the keys for your spiritual progression on Earth.

The Eighth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL".

This commandment, of course means more than the simple fact that one should not take away another person´s personal possessions although, obviously, if people are to live together in society it is desirable that they should not steal from one another. The implication of stealing is, however, far greater than this. It means that you should not take that which is not yours at any level, even in the World as a whole. It means that you should not exploit your fellow human beings, that one country should not exploit another country.

A country that is rich and powerful should not use its position to deprive a poorer country of food or mineral resources which its people desperately need. One country should not advance itself at the expense of another, the rich should not exploit the poor. It means that one country should not take away another´s right to self-determination. Inherent in this is that you should treat all people as equals. You should not take away, you should not steal, any person´s individual freedom in any respect whatsovever.

The Ninth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR"

It is obvious that you should not tell lies about anyone but, again, there is far more to this commandment that you would see at first. To lie is to speak evil of another person, to speak evil means a thought, a thought is a creation, and that creation will remain thereafter on the invisible planes of existence around this Earth. So remember that when you tell lies you are creating evil which affects not only the person about whom you lie but also yourself and many other people who will tap into the thoughts that you have created.

Most of the wickedness and the evil on this Earth comes out of Humanity´s mouth. If only Humanity would motivate its speech correctly in every respect, if it would speak only good, then life on this Earth would change in the twinkling of an eye. Every time a person speaks evil anywhere in the World, no matter whether they be a politician, a clergyman, a shopkeeper or a farmer, they are creating forces which will burden down and affect this Earth for many, many days to come.

The Tenth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR´S HOUSE, THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR´S WIFE, NOR HIS MANSERVANT, NOR HIS MAIDSERVANT, NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS ASS, NOR ANYTHING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOUR´S".

Another commandment put so simply yet meaning so much. Remember that all of you, as individuals, before you incarnated chose the shape and appearance of your physical body, your status in life and the manner in which you were to lead your present life: therefore be satisfied with that life. Because another person has more money, has a better car, has a larger house, goes on more holidays than you do, that does not mean that you should covet their possessions and their way of life, for they are learning different lessons to you.

The fact that you covet their possessions or way of life attracts forces to you which were probably not intended for your present destiny. Also remember that the thought which you send out as you look at another person´s husband or wife, at another person´s car, can affect them as much as it affects you.

Recognise the force that gives matter to you. Because your personality wants a car or a house, that does not mean that you will get it, for the giver of matter, the controller of matter, on this Earth is a far greater force than your ego. Remember that matter belongs to no one, but at the same time respect the individuality of your fellow human beings who are using that matter. They are walking their paths using the matter of this Earth just like you and, their paths being different to yours, they will require different aspects of matter. Therefore, rather than seeking to imitate your fellow human beings, be yourself and walk your own path. Remember that if you seek the things of the spirit, if you seek your true path, then the matter necessary for that path will assuredly be given to you.

Accept Responsibility

Humanity today is far removed from its true path both individually, racially and planetarily, because you continually think that you know what you need, that you know what is best for you. You see, grasp, take, use and then discard. In all this you are usually motivated by greed, the desire to possess. However, once you have possessed, the desire soon goes away, but the responsibilty for what you have acquired has only just begun. So, as you acquire possessions remember that you are also acquiring responsibilities.

The least burdened person who walks the path of life on this Earth is the person who walks alone, with few possessions, for they have few responsibilities and are free to fulfil their true purpose. The person with many riches, with many possessions, is burdened down with the responsibility for them for even if they discard them the karma for their use remains with them.

I hope that you will now begin to look at the Ten Commandments in a new light. If you will only follow them they will change you beyond all recognition, for if you did but realise it the Ten Commandments are the keys to the doors of your spiritual progression on the Earth.

If you will only use these keys to unlock those doors, then one day you will stand before the majesty, the glory, the perfectness, the absoluteness, of the God of this planetary system, and when you achieve this you will have passed beyond the commandments of this Earth and will have begun to observe the commandments of the Universe.

This article is from "The Fanstastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART THREE

If we lived in a more spiritual society, where Humanity paid more attention to the spiritual sciences as opposed to the material sciences which are devoted entirely to the benefit of Humanity´s physical needs, we would understand more of the true significance of our planet Earth.

The Fourth Commandment

"REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY, SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOUR, AND DO ALL THY WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD: IN IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK, THOU, NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, NOR THEY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT, NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES. FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY: WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY, AND HALLOWED IT".

How mistranslation and misinterpretation have changed this commandment! The original statement was to remember the significance of "The Seven", because this Earth operates on and through the wavelength and the vibration of seven. Its whole purpose and structure vibrates to seven. The Earth was created in seven days or, more literally, seven Ages. You possess seven spiritual centres, or chakras, which are the seeds from which your seven bodies spring. Your physical body is said to change itself every seven years. There are seven layers to your skin. There are seven colours in your spectrum. There are seven musical notes in the scale. There are seven days in a week and four times seven days in a lunar month. The Bible refers to the life of Man as being three score years and ten, or ten times seven. The frequency of seven vibrates everywhere in life on this Earth and is most important to it.

If you lived in a more spiritual society, where Humanity paid more attention to the spiritual sciences as opposed to the material sciences which are devoted entirly to the benefit of Humanity´s physical needs, you would understand more of the true significance of this Earth and of its special vibration of seven. Other planets within this Solar Body vibrate to different numbers, on other wavelengths, but seven is the number of this Earth. So when this commandment says "Remember the Seven" it is asking you to remember the number of this Earth, the structure of life on this Earth, and the purpose and significance of this Earth.

The Fifth Commandment

"HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE".

Here again, mistranslation has made interpretation of this commandment difficult. Let us, however, instead of mother and father substitute male and female, or positive and negative, the balance of creation. So the fifth commandment invites you to remember creation, to remember the act of your creation, to remember what your body is composed of, the significance of its individual parts and your responsibility for it.

This commandment further says that if you look after your physical frame, if you treat it and respect it as the miraculous creation given to you by your Creator that it really is, then your days will indeed be long on the surface of this Earth. You will live for more years than Humanity lives today.

So remember the act of creation, the male and the female, the power and the wisdom, the two points of consciousness. They are the seeds through which Humanity evolves on this Earth, no matter whether it be the male and the positive, or the female and the negative. It is through these bodies that Humanity learns on the surface of this Earth, advancing its consciousness according to the choice of its destiny and the Greater Plan.

The Sixth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT KILL".

This is a very straight-forward law, but how Humanity wriggles to avoid it!! There is no qualification. It is absolute. Thou shalt not kill anything!! It means not only that one should not kill one´s equals in soul evolution, but also that one should not kill one´s lesser brothers or sisters be they other human beings, animals or even insects. There is a simple reason behind this law. Humanity does not create, is not aware of the balance of life on this Earth, and therefore it would be most unwise to upset that balance by removing people or animals or other forms of life that have been placed there by a greater force than it to fulfil the plan and the purpose of this Earth.

After all, if you think about it, Humanity usually kills only for its own self-interest, whether it be to win a war, to destroy and enemy, to feed its stomach or to give itself pleasure generally. People kill for personal gain, or satisfaction, and what provides the motivation for that but their ego!! A truly spiritually motivated person never kills anything. On this Earth there is no need for killing in any form whatsoever, and the sooner you realise this fact the sooner peace, goodwill, perfection and harmony will return to this Earth.

The Seventh Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY".

Humanity has placed a limited interpretation on this commandment to imply that people should not have sexual relations outside the bonds of marriage, and has raised this commandment to a position of supreme importance in modern life. But this, again, is only one very small aspect of the law. I invite you to consider the wider interpretation of the commandment: that people should not adulterate themselves in thought, word or deed. They should not defile themselves in any way whatsoever.

This commandment means, therefore, that you must respect your physical body. You must not eat or drink anything which will defile it. You must recognise it as being the temple of your soul. You must not use your body in any degrading act, whether it be physical or mental, sexual or otherwise. You must use the gift of creation with responsibility, and recognise that every time you commit the sexual act without intention of conception you are adulterating that act. So try to be aware of the wider implication of this commandment.

Part Four follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART TWO

Just as the Israelites felt so many thousands of years ago, when they fled from Egypt, there appears to be no order in the World. It is in situations like these that people tend to create their own substitutes on which to lean and depend.

The Second Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANYTHING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH. THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM, NOR SERVE THEM: FOR I THE LORD THEY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHER UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME, AND SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS".This commandment clearly states that because you are not capable of understanding the true God, you should not create false gods, false idols. You should not elevate any idol to the position of God. You should not take any lesser beings, even though they may be more evolved than yourselves, and make them into gods as a means of satisfying your own lost egos. Living in such vastness, not only of Earth but also of space, it is so easy for you to feel lost. Even today events in the World appear to be overtaking you. There is much evil, There is much violence. The ordinary person in the street would appear to have no control over the everyday happenings of their life.

Just as the Israilites felt so many thousands of years ago, when they fled from Egypt, there appears to be no order in the World. It is in situations like these that people tend to cling to false ideologies, to false gods, to create their own substitutes on which to lean and depend, be it a religious god or be it money, power, influence, land or any other material god: they are both images created by Humanity as its idea of God. They in no way reflect the true greatness of your Creator, for that you cannot comprehend.

A Warning

This second commandment is, then, a warning to you not to place your faith in false gods and to be aware that, regardless of your point of consciousness, at every stage of your evolution you will create a "God", a "God" which you can just comprehend. To some it may be a saint, a wise man, a guru, a saviour of the people, even a Master on a higher plane of life. Have you ever stopped to consider why you need a "God"?? You may think it a harsh, an irreligious thing to say but, truly, you do not need a "God". Certainly you must try to be aware of the true God and you must strive to achieve His Plan for this Earth, but that is a very different thing.

No God of Punishment

In this commandment there is a reference to a God who will punish: "FOR I THE LORD THEY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD..." The implication is that if you do not follow the wishes of that God then He will descend upon you and will punish you unto the third and fourth generation. The true God of this Earth, however, is not a God of punishment. He, and the Beings who control, guide and help this Earth, have long since progressed beyond the level of meting out punishment, for there is no point in punishing a being who does not understand. The true God of this Earth is a God of love, a God of help, a God of wisdom, a God of impartiality.

You, on the Earth, have been given the divine gift of free choice to advance along your chosen paths. As you progress you will, understandable, err, but when you err the Law of this Earth is not that God will punish you but rather that you will learn through your mistakes, for by your actions now you are sowing the seeds which will come to fruition in the future. What you are doing now -- the way you treat your country, the way you treat your fellow human beings, the way you treat the Kingdoms of this Earth -- will affect not only you but also the beings who are to incarnate after you. You pollute this Earth not only for yourselves but also for your children and for your children´s children, and the karma for this will have to be repaid in the many, many lives you have yet to live.

The Third Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN".This is a fault which is just as prevalent today as it was so many thousands of years ago, for Humanity is still continually motivating its actions on this Earth according to its false gods. Humanity creates its own religions. It takes the examples of the great Masters who have incarnated on this Earth, the words they have spoken, the way of life they have demonstrated, and interprets them to justify its own actions. The Churches rephrase the words of the great Masters, invent motivations for their lives and create religions which Humanity then follows; and Humanity, believing that it is following the Will of God, obeys the commandments of the Churches and not the commandments of God.

Misinterpretations

In order to give meaning and security to their lives most people need to create a god, and they will therefore turn to any plausible god which is put before them by the priests or elders of the Age. It is so easy to lead a person astray in the name of their God. Just as there was no true religion so many thousands of years ago when Moses was given these commandments, so there is no true religion in the World today. Every religion misinterprets or changes the meanings, the events, the teachings of the great Master who have come on this Earth, and asks its members to follow not God but the Church´s idea of God.

Be aware that many people will do many manner of things in the name of their "God". They will say that "God" is on their side, that "God" helps them, that "God" leads them, that "God" inspires them, and in the name of their "God" they will commit evil all over this World. They will exploit, abuse and even kill their fellow human beings in the name of their "God". They will abuse the Kingdoms of Matter on this Earth. They will do all this for the glory of their "God", a "God" who, truly, does not exist except in their own minds. Beware, therefore, of any person who preaches to you of "God" for it will be only of his or her idea of God. There is only one God Who is in existence at this moment in time for each of you, and that is your own consciousness.

Part Three follows....This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART ONE

You must understand that no commandment, no rule, that Humanity possesses, or indeed will ever possess on the Earth, can be described as absolute, as a totality, for that is not possible on this planet.

The Only Source

The only source of Absolute Truth, of Absolute Wisdom, of Absolute Intellect, of Absolute Knowledge of the Plan for this Earth, is your Creator, the Lord of this planetary system, that Being Whom you call God. Therefore, as I explain to you in this article, I can only interpret the conditions of life on this Earth as befits my consciousness, evolution and experience of life on it. If you will accept that I have walked a little further along the path than you and, therefore, that I have a clearer picture, a clearer vision, of life and of the purpose of life on this Earth, then you may also accept and meditate on what I am to say to you about the Ten Commandments. Understand that an aspect of the Cosmic Whole may be beamed down upon this Earth for Humanity to accept and understand, but never the complete power.

Ancient Civilisation

As we look at the Ten Commandments, in the form that they are reproduced in the Bible, realise that they were the guidelines for an ancient civilisation that has long since disappeared. That is not to say that they do not reflect a part of Absolute Truth, but that the reflection was intended for that ancient civilisation and will therefore not be in keeping with the Age in which you live today.

You are now living at the end of the Piscean Age and at the dawning of the Aquarian Age. Humanity, through the demonstration of the Nazarene, was given the teachings of the Christ only two thousand years ago, but today, because of the environment and the changing nature of the Age, people have difficulty in seeing the relevance of the Nazarene´s teachings. Obviously, therefore, it will be even more difficult for 21st century Humanity to see the relevance of the Ten Commandments which were given thousands of years earlier.

Let us now examine the Commandments in detail and try to relate them not to a civilisation of thousands of years ago but to the 21st century, to life today. Their meaning has, of course, suffered not only in translation but also as a result of changes made by various scholars who, in their desire to explain that which, because of their limited consciousnesses, they could not understand, altered not only the words but the significance as well.

The First Commandment

 "THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME".This stands correctly as the first law, the first commandment, and is the most important one. On the surface this commandment would appear to be fairly self-explanatory. There is indeed only one God, but He is not the kind of God you imagine, for Humanity cannot conceive of the true God, Whose spirit dwells within the Sun and Who controls this Solar System. That God is beyond Humanity´s comprehension. Humanity can barely conceive of the Solar Lord Who dwells within this Earth, the ruler of this planet. Humanity can only relate to the Masters and Beings who regulate and guide life on this Earth. This commandment was therefore intended to remind Humanity -- and it is just as applicable today as it was at the time of Moses -- that the intermediaries are not God and that there is only one Being, one God, of Whom all Humanity is a part.

You are, therefore, an actual infinitesimal part of that Being Whose Body is the Solar System in which you dwell, the One God, the one Being, Who exists not only for you but for all the beings on the other planets and for all forms of creation. Therefore it can be seen that all those beings within the Body, who serve that one Being, the Greater Whole, are of equal importance.

Individually they advance along their own paths but, collectively, they are walking those individual paths for the good, for the advancement, to fulful the purpose and the plan, of that one Being Whose spirit dwells within the Sun. Therefore as far as you, as far as the Martian or the Venusian is concerned, there is only one God: the supreme God of Whom you are a part. That spark that is within you now is part of, and belongs to, that God and, ultimately when you have evolved sufficiently, you will return your individuality to that God.

Part Two follows...This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".